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Zebra Nerite Snail

Neritina natalensis

The *Neritina natalensis* (Zebra Nerite Snail) is the undisputed queen of algae-eating snails. With its unmistakable smooth roundish shell, gold or amber colored and crossed by black stripes or lightning bolts, it is the "tractor" of the aquarium. Larger and heavier than its horned cousin, it literally makes a clean sweep of the most stubborn algae on the glass and on the wood, leaving clear traces. It too does not devour live plants and needs salt water to hatch its eggs, making a demographic explosion impossible. It has a mysterious and irritating tendency to "escape": if it doesn't like something in the water it will stubbornly crawl out of the aquarium to die dehydrated on your home floor.

Family
Neritidae
Origin
Sud Africa, Somalia e Mozambico. Abita foreste di mangrovie, estuari e la foce dei fiumi, passando continuamente da acqua dolce a salmastra seguendo le maree.
Tank use
Used in 0 tanks
Temperature

20 °C - 28 °C

pH

7.2 - 8.5

Water type

Freshwater

Ecological role

Sgombero pesante delle superfici vitree e di hardscape

Copper

Estrema (Mortalità fulminea al 100%)

Description

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Care and observations

The Suicidal Instinct of the Inexorable Mute Escape (The Dry and Asphyxiating Deaf Pale Futile Blind Shell Under the Sofa):

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Invertebrate profile

Type
Gasteropodo Alghivoro di Taglia Media
Diet
Alghivoro Stretto / Divoratrice di diatomee e alghe verdi incrostanti
Ecological role
Sgombero pesante delle superfici vitree e di hardscape
Minimum group
1
Adult size
3 cm
GH
8 dGH - 20 dGH
KH
5 dKH - 15 dKH
TDS
200 ppm - 500 ppm
Copper
Estrema (Mortalità fulminea al 100%)
Shock sensitivity
Bassa ai valori, Alta all'accumulo di nitrati (causa evasioni forzate).
Calcium and minerals
Alto, essenziale per la costruzione e l'ispessimento del guscio liscio.
Molting
Guscio accrescimento continuo. La colorazione sfuma se tenuta in acqua troppo tenera.
Reproduction
Sterile in acqua dolce. Depone decine di uova calcaree bianche estremamente adesive, impossibili da rimuovere senza grattare il legno a fondo.
Compatibility
Virtualmente inattaccabile dalla stragrande maggioranza dei pesci grazie all'opercolo corneo e al peso. Rischio con i macracantha.

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